"When you have eliminated the impossible..."
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I liked that in VI, he says that it was an ancestor of his who said it, which is actually Sherlock Holmes.
I loved this too... and all the other nods as well. i thought this one fit in perfectly with what was going on in the scene. It wasnt 'forced' in, so to speak.
I liked the use of the Beastie Boys song "Sabotage", not only was it part of a key line of dialog in Star Trek IV, but also there's a fairly famous recording of William Shatner mispronouncing the word sabotage during a recording session for a Trek video game, and getting into an argument about it with the recording engineer... lovely !!
Plus, the Beastie Boys are huge Trek fans and often make references to the show in their songs and videos.
Plus, the Beastie Boys are huge Trek fans and often make references to the show in their songs and videos.
And we just know that rebelious kids love to blast 300-year-old songs and rebelious, party-loving, drunk adults and military personell love listening to 300-year-old songs in bars too.
I know whenever I go to the local pub it's blasting and people are rocking and getting drunk to Mozart.
Neat hearing that certain cooing, and there, behind ol Young Scotty, be a wee beastie Tribble...of course, it's lucky he didn't have a slice of grain bread around.....yes, I also likes the Prime Spock quote in the 'figuring out' scene on the bridge.
Together with all the other rip off lines from the previous shows, "Are you out of your Vulcan mind", "Greenblooded hobgoblin", "I'm giving yer everything she's got, Captain!", "I have been and always shall be your friend", this line added to the impression that they were playing only caricatures of the originals, and not self-supporting characters.
It's called a homage.
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What other little nods did you notice
Not really from the song, but: When Spock and the vulcan girl (can't remember the name)are trying to figure out a game plan, the girl who is later is revealed to be a spy, they talk about the origin of the word sabotage as an explanation of what they'll do to save Kirk... I'm not sure of all the specifics.
From ST VI, rather than IV, here's the scene:
Of whom are you asking the question?
Which the director, Nick Meyer authored a book about; remember The Seven-Percent Solution?
You realize you're responding to someone who spends all his time on here bitching about this movie, right?
You realize you're responding to someone who spends all his time on here bitching about this movie, right?
Hey pally, as my old friend Sammy used to say, if that's how a man wants to get his kicks, I ain't gonna get in the way.
Meyer actually wrote three Holmes novels: THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION, THE WEST END HORROR, and THE CANARY TRAINER.
The first one is still the best, though.
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